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Hey everybody, welcome to this A2 English listening practice video.
You can use this video to practice your listening and comprehension as I speak.
You ready?
So today I'm going to talk about clothes and fashion.
This is a topic that I don't really like that much, but it's an important one.
Everybody wears clothes and everybody has some kind of fashion or lack of fashion.
I might be one of those people that lacks fashion, but we'll get into that in a minute.
First, let's talk about when we first develop our own fashion sense and take it seriously.
For me, this was around the time when I was in middle school.
Middle School is when I started paying attention to what kind of clothes I was wearing, what brands, what styles, and what colors.
One of the first phases that I went through was the one where I wore really baggy clothes.
Baggy clothes are clothes that are too big for you.
And they come down lower than normal clothes.
My shirts were too long and my pants weren't pulled up high enough.
It wasn't a good phase for me.
I'm sure many of you can remember going through something like this when you were young.
If we look back at our middle school pictures, some of us would be horrified.
So once I got into high school, my style changed because I started playing more basketball.
Thus I started buying all kinds of Air Jordans, Nikes, and other brands basketball shoes.
I used to match the color of my shoes with the color of my shirts.
I was super color coordinated.
Then after that, I ditched the basketball phase and I started wearing more casual clothes.
And then finally, by the time I started college, I'd stopped caring so much about what clothes I wore.
Nowadays, I'm the least stylish person you'll meet.
I wear what's comfortable, and I don't have many clothes.
So now let's talk about some of the popular clothing stores that are out there.
Back when I was seventeen, I got my first job at a clothing store called Hollister.
Some of you might know this store.
Actually, it was really popular back in my high school days, but I don't know how popular it is now.
Now when I go shopping, I either go to stores like H&M or I go to department stores like JCPenney's.
Department stores are really big stores that sell all kinds of clothes, jewelry, electronics and other things from many different brands.
I like these stores because they have a huge selection of clothes.
Some of the most popular athletic clothing stores in the US include Nike, Footlocker and Dick's Sporting Goods.
For women, forever 21, Sada, and Abercrombie and Fitch are some of the popular stores.
Do you have these stores in your country?
In the US, most popular clothing stores are found in shopping malls.
Here we just call them malls.
You can find malls everywhere in the US.
I think most of them are indoor malls, but there are plenty of outdoor malls too.
I'm not a big fan of malls, but there are definitely times when I need to go there to buy something.
And during the Christmas season, I have to spend much more time at the mall buying presents for everyone.
OK, that's all for today.
Leave a comment and tell me what your favorite clothing store is.
I'll see you next time.
大家好，歡迎收看這個A2英語聽力練習視頻。
您可以使用此視頻練習我說話時的聽力和理解力。
你準備好了嗎？
(所以)今天我要談談衣服和時尚。
這是一個我不太喜歡的話題，但它很重要。
每個人都穿衣服，每個人都有某種時尚或缺乏時尚。
我可能是那些缺乏時尚的人之一，但我們稍後會談到這一點。
首先，讓我們談談我們第一次培養自己的時尚感並認真對待它的時間。
對我來說，這大約是在我上中學的時候。
初中開始注意自己穿什麼衣服，什麼牌子，什麼款式，什麼顏色。
我經歷的第一個階段是穿著非常寬鬆的衣服。
寬鬆的衣服是對你來說太大的衣服。
而且它們比普通衣服低。
我的襯衫太長，褲子也拉得不夠高。
這對我來說不是一個好階段。
我相信你們中的許多人都記得自己年輕時經歷過這樣的事情。
如果我們回顧我們中學時的照片，我們中的一些人會感到震驚。
所以當我進入高中後，我的風格發生了變化，因為我開始打更多的籃球。
於是我開始買各種Air Jordan、Nikes和其他品牌的籃球鞋。
我過去常常將鞋子的顏色與襯衫的顏色相匹配。
我是超級色彩協調。
在那之後，我擺脫了籃球階段，開始穿較休閒的衣服。
最後，當我開始上大學時，我已經不再那麼在意自己穿什麼衣服了。
如今，我是你遇到的最不時髦的人。
我穿舒服的衣服，而且我的衣服不多。
那麼現在讓我們談談其中的一些。
那裡流行的服裝店。那麼現在讓我們談談那裡的一些受歡迎的服裝店。
在過去，當我十七歲那年，我在一家名為 Hollister 的服裝店找到了第一份工作。
你們當中有些人可能知道這家店。
其實我高中的時候很火，現在不知道火到什麼程度了。
現在我去購物時，要么去 H&M 這樣的商店，要么去 JCPenney 這樣的百貨商店。
百貨公司真是個大商店，出售各種不同品牌的服裝、珠寶、電子產品和其他商品。
我喜歡這些商店，因為它們有大量的衣服可供選擇。
美國一些最受歡迎的運動服裝店包括 Nike、Footlocker 和 Dick's Sporting Goods。美國一些最受歡迎的運動服裝店包括Nike、Footlocker和Dick's Sporting Goods。
對於女性來說，forever 21、Sada、Abercrombie 和 Fitch 是一些受歡迎的商店。
你們國家有這些店嗎？
在美國，最受歡迎的服裝店位於購物中心。
在這裡我們只稱它們為購物中心。
在美國到處都可以找到購物中心。
我認為其中大部分是室內購物中心，但也有很多室外購物中心。
我不是購物中心的忠實粉絲，但肯定有很多時候我需要去那裡買東西。
在聖誕節期間，我不得不花更多的時間在商場為每個人買禮物。
好了，今天就到這裡。
發表評論並告訴我您最喜歡的服裝店是什麼。
下次見。
